Twist of Fate

Keep Trying

Niall POV

June and Louis sat in the hospital room with the psychologist for an hour while we all sat around tending to all the kids and chatting. Charlie and Jamie were finally sleeping, and so were June and Louis' 3 boys. When the psychologist finally left, Louis walked out too.
"He thinks she should stay somewhere for a while to get mental help. To 'heal from past wounds', as he put it. She's really shaken up about it." he told us. "Haz, Ni, Li, Zayn, she only wanted you guys in. No kids, even." Louis added, heading back in the room, and we followed him.

"Hey, JuneBug. How are you feeling?" I ask.

"I'm just shaken up, I guess. I know I'm crazy on a certain level, but I never thought I was mental hospital crazy." she answers. "I'm a fragile person, I know. But I've never let anything break me before now." she adds.

"Love, you're not even close to the crazies that are there. That doctor is an asshole. And nothing has broken you. You've gotten cracked a little, but you aren't broken." Liam says.

"Thanks, Li. Can we all just sit together for a while? Before we all have to go home and you all have to pack and leave again?" she asks.

"Of course, love." Zayn smiles, and everyone crowds and sits on the bed. "This is the most time we've all spent together in a room since I left. I mean, I've seen you all plenty since I went solo, but still." he adds as everyone cuddles up on the bed. We all sit there quietly for a little while, and June starts crying.

"You guys aren't going to send me away, right? You're going to keep me around and keep me safe?" she asks. Louis looks like crying, too.

"Oh love. We're all right here, and you're not going anywhere, okay? We'll always keep you safe." I promise her, and we all huddle closer. June stops crying after nuzzling into Louis' neck, and falls asleep shortly after. Then Harry and Liam fall asleep, and then Zayn passes out, and then Louis, and I don't think it was a full minute before I fell asleep after.

It was probably a few hours later when Carter was shaking me awake again, along with everyone else.

"June, wake up. It's time to go home. The others went ahead and left. They're waiting for you there." Carter says, shaking June awake as she removes all monitor attachments from her. "Come on, sleepyhead. Let's go." Louis grinned, helping her up and out of the room.

"Carter, thank you so much for taking care of all of us for these past few days. It's been a pleasure having you as our nurse." June says, turning back, and hugging the nurse.

"My pleasure, Juniper Tomlinson. Stay safe for us, okay? As much as I enjoy your company, I don't ever want to see you here again, or hear of you being here again." Carter smiles.

"We've got her, Carter. She won't get back her anytime soon on our watch." Harry promises, and we all walk away. We all get downstairs and get in the car waiting at the curb, and drive away before all the reporters can get to us, and we're home in 10 minutes. June walks in on Louis' arm and can't stop smiling.

"I almost forgot what it looks like here. It's been so long since I had a clear head to see this place. Months, it feels like." she sighs, looking around before flopping onto her old couch spot. "Ugh it's crazy. It's been 2 years next month. I'll be 21 in 3 months, and the boys will be one soon after." she shakes her head as she gets up again to take the boys out of their carriers and lays them on a a blanket for their tummy time, and Liam and I do the same for Charlie and Jamie. Dylan runs around the house like crazy as usual, and we all collapse on the couch together like we used to.
"God, I've missed just doing this. No one is pregnant, no one is on the edge of their seat because of weddings and new babies. We're just here. We're all alive and well and we can all just talk and catch up." I sigh, leaning into Liam, fitting just like I used to.
"Has anyone else gotten any offers for the hiatus?" Harry asks.
"Steve Aoki messaged me the other day about a song, maybe, and Bebe Rhexa did as well." Louis said.
"Not that many, but I'm writing music already. Shawn and I are talking about doing a collab for fun, but that's all. Oh! And Modest!Golf contacted me to work for them for a year or so." I say.
"Zedd contacted me a while ago about doing a more techno beat song, and I'm looking into management companies." Liam comments. "What about you, Harry? Any cool offers?" he asks in return.